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Trichoepithelioma in a Barbary Ape ( Macaca sylvanus ): Review of Cutaneous Tumors in Nonhuman Primates and Case Report
Author(s) -
Brack Manfred,
Martin David P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1984.tb00126.x
Subject(s) - trichoepithelioma , pathology , biology , physiology , zoology , anatomy , medicine , basal cell , basal cell carcinoma
A cutaneous tumor was surgically removed from a 10‐year‐old, male Barbary ape ( Macaca sylvanus ). Histologically, the tumor was primarily adnexoid in nature and contained structures that resembled abortive hair follicles. The tumor was diagnosed as a trichoepithelioma.